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Buying Market Insights: September 2025 September 2025 Market Insights Home Sales Stay Strong as More Choices Emerge for Buyers in Stanwood and Camano Island. Key Market Trends More properties are hitting the market this year, making it one of the most active seasons we’ve seen for new listings across our area. Sellers are entering into the market with confidence, as […]
Buying Market Insights: August 2025 August 2025 Market Insights August 2025: The Stanwood and Camano Island markets are showing signs of balance as we move through late summer. Inventory is expanding, giving buyers more options. At the same time, steady sales activity and stable prices show that demand is still present. Sellers should remain strategic with pricing and preparation, while […]
Buying Market Insights: July 2025 July 2025 Market Insights July 2025: Buyer activity appears strong, likely driven by improved interest rates and a healthy supply of listings. Sellers have benefited from higher transaction volumes and strong closed sales values compared to last year. Inventory is climbing, gently shifting the balance toward a more tempered-but still active-market. New Listings: More homes […]
Buying Market Insights: June 2025 June 2025 Market Insights June 2025: The market in Stanwood and Camano Island is clearly slowing down-not crashing. Inventory has risen substantially. However, home prices continue to hold steady or grow modestly year over year. Homes are also taking longer to sell, which is a sign of a decelerating, more balanced market. All signs point […]
Buying Market Insights: May 2025 May 2025 Market Insights May 2025: Our inventory continues to increase, moving us toward a more balanced market. This is a direct result of a high number of new listings added in both markets. At the same time, we are still seeing a healthy volume of pending listings as compared to last month. Our markets […]
Buying Market Insights: April 2025 April 2025 Market Insights April 2025: Inventory levels are beginning to rise toward more typical levels, providing buyers with a greater selection of homes to choose from. This increase is helping to ease competition and shift the market toward a more balanced state. March saw a notable uptick in homes going under contract, which translated […]
Buying Market Insights: March 2025 March 2025 Market Insights March 2025: More sellers are bringing their homes to the market during the active spring selling season. Active and pending listings are seeing modest but steady growth in both of our markets. It is more important than ever to align yourself with a strong, local expert to help ensure your success […]
Buying Market Insights: February 2025 February 2025 Market Insights February 2025: In today’s market, pricing your home correctly from the start is more important than ever. Homes in our area are selling at 95-96% of the original list price, but they are selling at 99% of their current list price. This means that many sellers are making price adjustments before […]
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Buying Market Insights: January 2025 January 2025 Market Insights January 2025: The traditionally slower winter months have shown promising signs of life in our local market. Active inventory in Stanwood and Camano Island has increased by nearly 29%, offering more options for buyers and sparking renewed market activity. This increase in inventory is motivating buyers, with pending sales rising from […]
Buying Market Insights: December 2024 December 2024 Market Insights December 2024: December 2024 brought a quiet close to the year in the housing market, driven by two main factors: rising mortgage rates and typical seasonal slowdowns. Despite the Federal Reserve Bank implementing three interest rate cuts in 2024, mortgage rates rose to just above 7%, their highest level in six […]
Buying Market Insights: November 2024 November 2024 Market Insights November 2024: Election years often bring short-term uncertainty, which can temporarily slow the market. However, long-term trends remain resilient. Home prices historically continue to rise year over year, regardless of political shifts. For buyers and sellers, focusing on personal financial readiness and individual needs is far more productive than trying to […]
Buying Market Insights: October 2024 October 2024 Market Insights October 2024: Our local real estate market is showing signs of balance. The average home price has increased by 12% from last year. However, prices have remained relatively stable in recent months, averaging around $800,000. Homes take about 36 days to sell on average. Sales prices vary, with some listings selling […]
Buying Market Insights: September 2024 September 2024 Market Insights September 2024: The latest NWMLS data shows home sellers in Western Washington are adjusting expectations, with list prices down from peak levels in all but one market. As a result, sale price growth is also slowing, although prices remain up year-over-year. The Federal Reserve’s decision to lower interest rates in September […]
Buying Market Insights: August 2024 August 2024 Market Insights August 2024:  Mortgage rates have begun to moderate, dropping to 6.35% for 30-year terms at the end of August, down from this year’s high of 7.52% at the end of April. The market is shifting toward a more balanced market, with increased supply coming onto the market. The number of homes […]
Buying Market Insights: July 2024 July 2024 Market Insights July 2024:  The continued incremental decline in interest rates and increase in available listings for sale have continued to fuel market activity. Economists are indicating a further decline in interest rates driven by the Federal Reserve in September and into 2025, which could further stimulate the market. The market did experience […]
Buying Market Insights: June 2024 June 2024 Market Insights June 2024: Active listings have shown consistent month-over-month increases, with pending and sold transactions following typical seasonal trends. Over the last two months, there has been a notable influx of new listings, resulting in a significant rise in market inventory compared to previous periods. This abundance of options is especially beneficial […]
Buying Market Insights: May 2024 May 2024 Market Insights May 2024: The recent increase in listings, the highest in over 1.5 years, is a positive sign for the real estate market, particularly during the spring selling season. This influx has pushed active inventory into the triple digits. Additionally, the market has seen the most sold listings since last August, further […]
Buying Market Insights: April 2024 April 2024 Market Insights April 2024: “Although home sales are at a 30-year low as buyers face higher borrowing costs and stubbornly low inventory, housing options on the market are beginning to increase.” according to Lawrence Yun, NAR’s chief economist.  That is clearly evident in our markets as inventories climb above 100 properties for the […]
Buying Market Insights: March 2024 March 2024 Market Insights March 2024:  We are starting to see an up-tick of activity in the market, with more new properties being listed than we’ve seen since last spring.  While we are still in a seller’s market, we are seeing more activity than at the same time last year.  Pending sales in the month […]
Buying Market Insights: February 2024 February 2024 Market Insights February 2024:  Our Stanwood and Camano Island markets have remained slow over the past few months, which aligns with the typical seasonal patterns following the holiday season and winter weather. Interest rates continue to hover around 7%, which slows sellers’ willingness to give up their low mortgage rates and reduces buyers’ […]

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